general internet news - Apr 07

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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int: Vote for freedom of expression blog award-winners
!
Reporters Without Borders is calling on Internet-users
to vote online for award-winners from among 60 blogs
defending freedom of expression. There are six
categories : Africa and the Middle East, the Americas,
Asia, Europe, Iran and International.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13098

au: Anti-porn campaign works: Beattie
Fewer Queensland public servants were accessing
pornography at work, Premier Peter Beattie said today.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Antiporn-campaign-works-Beattie/2005/04/04/1112489390590.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12748949%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

ph: Study reports on child pornography
Child pornography remains under-reported and continues
to victimize many Filipino minors in many parts of the
country.
 http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN2005040632058.html

ph: ISPs not doing enough to curb child porn --
research center
LOCAL Internet service providers or ISPs can a play a
crucial role in curbing child pornography in the
Philippines, but they proved "uncooperative" when
approached by a research center commissioned by the
United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to write a
book on this tech-savvy crime.

http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=32735

es: Spain Cracks Down on Child Porn
Spanish police have launched a nationwide campaign
against child porn Web sites, the seventh in three
months’ time to crack down on the dark corners of
cyberspace.

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-04/05/article03.shtml

cn: Internet discussions on the pope remain prohibited
in China
Chinese Internet portals again banned prayers and
other comment on Pope John Paul II in what appeared to
indicate government concern that his death might stir
up too much religious fervour.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050405/tc_afp/vaticanpopechinainternet_050405043815

uk: Home Office will fund a 'Centre for Child
Protection on the Internet'
As part of "Connecting the UK: the digital strategy"
published on Friday, the Home Office has announced
that the Government is to set up a new Centre for
Child Protection on the Internet to support the police
and child protection agencies.

http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2687

us: Bill would increase sentences for child porn,
improper photography
Child porn peddlers, clandestine photographers and
drunken drivers who cause injury could face longer
sentences if lawmakers pass a bill that would allow
judges to stack sentences for those offenses.

http://www.statesman.com/hp/content/shared/tx/legislature/stories/04/6SENTENCES.html

us: Teen describes meeting with accused molester
In a cracked voice and with obvious discomfort, a
Huntington teenager told a federal jury Tuesday how
surprised he was to learn that the person he
befriended in a youth chatroom four years ago was a
middle-aged man.

http://www.newsday.com/business/local/longisland/ny-liwern0406,0,2574618.story

us: Bullying and Your Child
Your child has always enjoyed learning, but lately
seems eager to avoid school. Stomachaches and
mysterious illnesses pop up in the evening and seem to
get worse as the school bus creeps closer to your
street the next morning. It's possible the problem has
nothing to do with how last night's dinner was
digested. Your child could be worried sick over a
schoolyard bully.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kidshealth/20050406/hl_kidshealth/bullying_and_your_child

es: Esquerra Unida denuncia a internauta que propraga
canciones racistas
El lunes pasado fue presentada la denuncia contra un
internauta, que se hace llamar DJ Syto, acusado de
crear y propagar canciones racistas a través de la
Red.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/11127746115399.shtml

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us/ca: Internet wreaks havoc on publication bans
A ban on testimony at the Gomery inquiry into the
sponsorship scandal had barely been issued last week
before it was massively breached on the weekend by
U.S. bloggers

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050405.gtgom0405/BNStory/Technology/

ca: On-line journal provokes a firestorm
An American blogger who posted elements of the Gomery
inquiry that have been banned from publication in
Canada has been getting about 22,000 visits a day

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050405.gtgomblog0405/BNStory/Technology/

uk/us: FBI monitored British activists
Agents tapped the phones and read emails of animal
rights campaigners.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1451100,00.html

ee: Suspected phisher arrested in Estonia
Police in Estonia have arrested a man suspected of
stealing millions of Euros from bank accounts across
Europe.
 http://news.com.com/2110-7348_3-5654296.html

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Phishing-suspect-nabbed-in-Estonia/2005/04/02/1112302247392.html

us: Court Rules Man Can Disparage Company on Web
A man can disparage a hair-restoration company on a
Web site using the company's name without violating
copyright law, an appeals court ruled Monday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27129-2005Apr5.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_SPEECH

us: Trouble for Online Vendors of Cigarettes (reg
req'd)
NOT since the dot-com bust have so many sites gone
south so quickly. Two weeks after credit card
companies announced they would no longer accept
payment for tobacco products bought online, scores of
Internet cigarette merchants have effectively lost the
means to do business profitably, and are either
limping along or have shut down their operations
altogether.
 http://nytimes.com/2005/04/04/technology/04ecom.html

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us: Suit over porn law possible
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is
"seriously considering" a lawsuit against the state's
new Internet porn law, while the law's sponsor is
working to spread the legislation to other states.

http://harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=51861

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SPAM
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Microsoft aids anti-spam lawsuits
Microsoft has said it has aided Florida's attorney
general in anti-spam lawsuits against two Tampa
residents, who the state says are responsible for
sending tens of thousands of spam messages.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8083835

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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It's a Flat World, After All (reg req'd)
A New York Times article on how "technology and
geoeconomics ... is fundamentally reshaping our
lives", especially in the relationship between the US
and Asia. "Globalization has collapsed time and
distance and raised the notion that someone anywhere
on earth can do your job, more cheaply. Can Americans
rise to the challenge on this leveled playing field?"

http://nytimes.com/2005/04/03/magazine/03DOMINANCE.html

au: Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent
Some Australians are turning to file-sharing networks
for new episodes of their favorite American television
shows.

http://news.com.com/Impatient+TV+viewers+turn+to+BitTorrent/2100-1026_3-5653362.html

Internet pornography can be addictive
The information conveyed in these articles will be
based upon the research and professional counseling of
Timothy P. Faust, MSW, a licensed independent clinical
social worker at Harbor North Counseling in Washburn
who has served on a national advisory board on sexual
addiction.

http://www.ashland-wi.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=5&story_id=197447

Ethiopia Plans to Expand Internet Access
Ethiopia, one of the poorest nations on earth, will
expand Internet coverage from a handful of users to
the entire country in three years, the prime minister
said Tuesday.
 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ETHIOPIA
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4416073.stm

uk: Britain hits broadband milestone
This week BT is expected to connect its five millionth
broadband customer.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4408219.stm

uk: 'Ethical sluts' develop new language of love for
open relationships
They have turned their backs on monogamy and rejected
traditional mores in their love lives - and now a
group of "polyamorous'' lovers have decided they need
a new set of words to describe their lifestyle. ...
The movement began in California in the 1990s but has
burgeoned in recent years, thanks, in part, to the
internet and the publication of studies describing the
phenomenon. ... Since then internet chat rooms,
mailing lists and other sites focusing on polyamory
have sprung up across the world...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=626145

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Even monkeys wouldn't use a Mac
US academics have conducted research into the
well-known phenomenon of 'Shakespeare's Monkeys' –
which claims an infinite number of monkeys using an
infinite number of typewriters would eventually write
the complete works of the Bard – and have discovered
it would not hold true if the primates were typing on
an Apple Mac.

http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39129163,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man convicted for possessing child porn gets bail
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has granted bail
to an Alice Springs man convicted of possessing child
pornography while the length of his sentence is
reconsidered.
 http://abc.net.au/news/items/200504/1337612.htm

nz: Rotorua businessman pleads guilty to child porn
charge
A well-known Rotorua businessman has admitted
importing child pornography.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?mode=headlines&c_id=1&ObjectID=10119043

gr: Myconos child porn arrest
The manager of a nightclub on the resort island of
Myconos was charged yesterday with selling child
pornography over the Internet, after being arrested
with scores of incriminating images, including
photographs of unsuspecting toddlers playing naked on
the beach.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100020_05/04/2005_54826

ca: MEN FACE KID-PORN RAPS
Two men have been charged with possession of child
pornography after raids on two Kingston homes,
provincial police said yesterday. At one home,
officers seized four computers, CDs and floppy disks
on Monday.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/04/06/984420-sun.html

us: Investigator testifies of kiddie porn found on
suspect's computer
An expert testified today that child pornography found
on the computer of a Lake Elsinore man accused of
killing a 5-year-old Stanton girl was downloaded from
Web sites and did not enter through a computer virus.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/06/news/californian/23_20_244_5_05.txt

us: Court date set in Internet sting case
An arraignment date has been set and bond reduced for
a Neosho man accused of child enticement and
possession of child pornography.

http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/news06.txt

us: State prison guard sentenced for child pornography
A former state prison guard was sentenced to probation
for possessing child pornography.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-04022005-471183.html

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/breaking_news/11296149.htm

us: Man Who Worked With Children Charged With Child
Porn
A Keene man who worked among children for years has
been charged with possessing child pornography.

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4348148/detail.html

us: Former dispatcher faces child porn charges
A former dispatcher for the Virginia State Police from
Hillsville has been charged with two counts of
possessing child pornography and two counts of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

http://www.galaxgazette.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/news02.txt

us: Former state police dispatcher faces child-porn
charges
A former dispatcher for the Virginia State Police in
southwest Virginia is facing charges involving child
pornography.
 http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3167143

us: Radcliff man faces federal child porn charges
A Radcliff resident facing multiple charges in Hardin
County of raping and sexually abusing a victim younger
than 12 years old was indicted on child pornography
charges Monday by a federal grand jury in Louisville.

http://www.newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/news01.txt

us: Man Who Worked With Children Charged With Child
Porn
A Keene man who worked among children for years has
been charged with possessing child pornography.

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4348148/detail.html

us: Guilty plea entered in federal child pornography
case
United States Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling announced
that on March 31, Franciscus Boerenbeker, aka Frank
Boerenbeker, 64, of Ardmore entered a plea of guilty
in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Oklahoma for the possession of child pornography.

http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/040505/loc_0405050007.shtml

us: Elderly Fallon man to be arraigned on child
pornography charges
A 65-year-old Fallon man faces arraignment tomorrow in
Churchill District Court on 95 counts of possessing
child pornography.
 http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3164928

us: PUEBLO MAN CONVICTED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE
A PUEBLO MAN WILL SPEND MORE THAN FIVE YEARS BEHIND
BARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CASE.
 http://www.krdotv.com/DisplayStory.asp?id=9231
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